US Lawmakers warned UNESCO, the U.N. cultural agency, that it stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in U.S. funding if it agrees to admit Palestine as a member before an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is concluded.

South Korea threat comes in response to fear that Israel Air Force has decided to purchase a new training plane from rival Italy.

An exhibition featuring illustrations to Gilad Shalit’s short story “When the Shark and the Fish first meet,” will be inaugurated next Monday at the European Parliament in Brussels in the presence of the parliament’s president Jerzy Buzek and Reuven Rivlin, president of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office denied reports about a diplomatic crisis between Israel and Germany over Israel’s announced plan to build 1,100 new houses in Gilo, a Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.

The European Parliament recognizes the ''legitimate demand'' of Palestine to become a member state of the United Nations but believes that that statehood should result from direct negotiations.

U.S. President appeals to Palestinian President at meeting on sidelines of UN General Assembly; ahead of Clinton meeting, Netanyahu says West Bank settlement freeze not an option.

Faced with a possible recognition of an independent Palestinian state later this week, Quartet officials, including Mideast envoy Tony Blair, labor to draft a statement that would send Israel and the Palestinian Authority back to the negotiations table.

''Future assistance and cooperation could be severely and irreparably compromised,'' Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told the Palestinian Donors Conference

Four Israeli diplomats and security personnel will return to Israel's embassy in Cairo after being evacuated amid violent protests.

In Istanbul, thousands gather outside a soccer stadium where Maccabi Tel Aviv was playing; dozens demonstrate in front of Israeli embassy in Amman.